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Kenneth W. Masters

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Practice Areas:

  • Appellate
  • Civil Appeals

Biography

Ken Masters has been litigating civil appeals for 30 years. His hundreds of civil appeals have concerned virtually every significant legal subject matter, ranging from adverse possession to zoning, and to ZZ Top (copyright infringement). Specific appeals include constitutional questions (e.g., First Amendment and civil rights issues); contracts and other business matters; corporations (including corporate disregard); debtor and creditor; injunctions; insurance coverage; employment law; family law; landlord/tenant; new trial issues; products liability; professional malpractice (legal and medical); property disputes of all sorts (including land use, mortgages, and real estate transactions); statutes; secured transactions; securities; torts (including complex personal injury); trusts and estates (including wills); workers compensation; and of course complex civil and appellate jurisdictional and procedural questions.

Mr. Masters regularly practices in all of Washington's appellate courts, including each Division of the Washington State Court of Appeals (Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane); the Federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (Seattle and San Francisco); and the Washington (Olympia) and United States (Washington, D.C.) Supreme Courts.

Mr. Masters is honored to have been repeatedly listed as a "Top 10" (2017-2021, "ranked #1" in 2019) and "Top 100" Washington attorney and Super Lawyer®, and in Best Lawyers in America® for appeals - including 2022 "Lawyer of the Year" for Seattle Appeals, and to have received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from America's Top 100 Attorneys®.

In addition to serving his clients faithfully, Mr. Masters has long served his profession and the public. He has chaired and/or presented at dozens of CLEs on appellate practice and other substantive legal areas. He served on the WSBA Board of Governors (including as treasurer); chaired numerous state and local bar committees and a task force; and served as Trustee and as President of the Washington State Bar Foundation. He has long served as Contributing Editor for the WASHINGTON APPELLATE PRACTICE DESKBOOK, most recently rewriting the brief writing chapter for the latest (4th) edition. And he is a past President (and current Emeritus Board member) of Earshot Jazz, which presents the premier northwest Seattle Jazz Festival.

Rated by Super Lawyers: Top 10 | Washington | SuperLawyers.com
Ken Masters | Best Lawyers | Lawyer Of The Year 2022 | Appellate Practice | Seattle, Washington
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America's Most Honored Lawyers: Ken Masters | The American Registry
Best lawyer in america-2023
2022 Champion of Justice | Campaign for Equal Justice
Rated by Super Lawyers: Ken Masters | 20 years
Best Lawyers | Best Law Firms | US News and World Report: Appellate Practice - Tier 1 | Seattle 2022
35th Anniversary Eagle Program | WSAJ Eagle 2022
30 Year Anniversary | Proudly Serving the Community Since 1992: Ken Masters | Martindale Hubbell
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The Appellate Lawyer 2023 Law frim of the year Washigton
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Rated by Super Lawyers: Top 10 | Washington | SuperLawyers.com
Ken Masters | Best Lawyers | Lawyer Of The Year 2022 | Appellate Practice | Seattle, Washington
Top_10_Attorneys in Washington
America's Most Honored Lawyers: Ken Masters | The American Registry
Champion of Justice 2022 | Campaign for Equal Justice
Rated by Super Lawyers: Ken Masters | 20 years
Best Lawyers | Best Law Firms | US News and World Report: Appellate Practice - Tier 1 | Seattle 2022
35th Anniversary Eagle Program | WSAJ Eagle 2022
30 Year Anniversary | Proudly Serving the Community Since 1992: Ken Masters | Martindale Hubbell
The Appellate Lawyer 2023
The Appellate Lawyer 2023 lawyer of the year Washington